Proverbs 9:8 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. More versionsAmplified Bible - Classic Edition Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. [Ps. 141:5.] American Standard Version (1901) Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. Common English Bible Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you; correct the wise, and they will love you. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. English Standard Version 2016 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. |